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Greetings!
For the time pressed - I have 3 quick tips and 3
events to spark your thinking. Share
them with your team to help promote "Innovating Out
Loud" together.
| Death by Risk Taking |
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I've noticed that many valuable ideas get killed
because employees say, "we can't afford to take
risks at our company." That makes perfectly good
sense on the surface. It is also an over used excuse
to maintain
the status quo. We know this eventually leads to a
downward spiral. Many companies never recover. It's
risky not to take risks!
Let's shift our thinking about the term "risk
taking." Try using, "responsible risk taking" and
see what happens. This seems to be a responsible
risk. We can live with these reasonable risks.
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| Futurist Forecasts Generation Y will Migrate Heavily Overseas |
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Generation Y will migrate heavily overseas. For the
first time in its history, the United States will
see a significant proportion of its population
emigrate due to overseas opportunities. According to
futurists Arnold Brown and Edie Weiner, Generation
Y, the population segment born between 1978 and
1995, may be the first U.S. generation to have many
of its members leave the country to pursue large
portions of their lives, if not their entire adult
lives, overseas.
This is a great example of an opportunity for
creative thinking. We need to be doing some thinking
ahead in order to be ready to leverage trends as
they occur. Suppose highly educated generation Y
citizens decide to emigrate to other countries for
satisfying work and life experiences. What
opportunities does this create for your company?
What are you going to do to realize those opportunities?
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| Fortune's Innovation Forum |
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Best Buy, Nascar, DuPont, The Home Depot, Citigroup,
ING, KidRobot and YouTube all have key executives
sharing their innovation secrets. If your schedule
permits
this is an event that will challenge your thinking
about your business; provide you with ideas to build
on; ensure 2007 is a banner year.
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| A Terry Paulson Inspiration for Sustainable Success |
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"What are you doing to ensure you are part of the
future?" - Dr. Terry Paulson
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| de Bono's Advanced Creativity Course in Beautiful Palm Desert |
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Our next public workshop is Jan. 22-24, 2007, Palm
Desert, California. Register now to secure your
spot. "You can do
no better than to attend a de Bono workshop."
- Tom
Peters
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| Focus on Facilitation: How to Lead Productive Ideation Meetings |
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Register early to avoid disappointment. de Bono's
Focus on Facilitation tool kit is designed to equip
you to facilitate thinking together meetings that
deliver remarkable results by unlocking the thinking
of your groups.
Date: Nov. 6-9. Location: Embassy Suites in Palm
Desert, California. This is the perfect location for
intense learning. Its natural beauty is stunning
this time of year. Join me and kick start 2007
with the best creative thinking in your meetings
you've seen in years.
Our Price:
$3,299.00
For a complete description of the tools ...
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The Innovation Instinct |
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Innovation is a people process. I coined the term,
Innovation Instinct, to create a simple way for
people to talk about innovation as a key competency.
There isn't a successful business today that isn't
searching for employees with a highly developed
Innovation Instinct. Most companies are focusing
intensely on developing this key skill set.
Everyone knows
people with the Innovation Instinct, people who
recognize valuable ideas and work with them to
ensure they are implemented. They know their own
strengths with the process and draw on the strengths
of others when needed.
Imagine how much easier it would be to drive
innovation if we adopted the term, "Innovation
Instinct." Our Innovation Instinct was weak on that
product launch. We need to tap our Innovation
Instinct right now. Howard's Innovation Instinct has
really developed into a finely oiled machine.
Explore our Innovation Instinct Power Session for your next event.
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